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9 unusual facts about Staritsa


Andrey of Staritsa

He died several months later and was succeeded in Staritsa by his son Vladimir.

Arseny Semionov

In 1950-1970s Arseny Semionov painted enthusiastically ancient Russian city of Pskov, Staritsa, Izborsk, Torzhok, Suzdal, Staraya Ladoga, Kostroma.

Maria Vladimirovna of Staritsa

She was the daughter of Prince Vladimir of Staritsa and his wife, Princess Eudoxia Romanovna Odoevskaya, and, through her father, descended from Zoe Palaiologina (being her last known descendant).

Patriarch Job of Moscow

Once, Ioann asked his father's permission to see his confessor in the Uspensky Monastery in their native town of Staritsa (Tver Oblast).

Postnik Yakovlev

According to several historians, Yakovlev also designed churches in Staritsa, Murom, Sviazhsk, and perhaps Vladimir, although others contend that this was another architect with a similar name.

Sergei Ivanovich Osipov

Since the late 1940s each year and often several times he visited Staritsa, Torzhok, Pskov, Old Ladoga, Izborsk, imported from these trips numerous studies, sketches and paintings.

Tented roof

During his time at office, many beautiful tented churches were demolished, notably the ones in Staritsa and the Moscow Kremlin.

Vladimir of Staritsa

The only son of Andrey of Staritsa and Princess Euphrosyne Khovanskaya, Vladimir spent his childhood under strict surveillance in Moscow.

In 1542, he was reinstated in his father's appanages, Staritsa and Vereya.



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